Falcon Computers Predator Gaming PC Review

Falcon have chosen to use an Aerocool Xpredator X3 White case for this system.  This is a fairly decent mid-range gaming case which offers an exciting design and an interesting set of features.  For more information on this case, please check out our in depth review over here.

There is a generous selection of connections on the front of the case which are easily accessible.  There are three USB 2.0 ports, one USB 3.0 port, one eSATA port and headphone and microphone jacks.  We also find the power button and two fan speed controllers on the front panel.

Moving round to the rear of the case we can see there is a plentiful selection of rear I/O connections. From top to bottom we find a four USB2.0 ports, two USB3.0 ports, two eSATA ports, Displayport, HDMI and S-PDIF outputs, an RJ-45 Ethernet jack, two further USB3.0 ports and six 3.5mm audio connectors.

The Aerocool Xpredator X3 is painted entirely white inside which is pretty attractive and complements the components well. This system is based around an Asus Sabertooth Z87 Motherboard. Cable routing is not the best we have seen however it won't cause any airflow issues.

Falcon have chosen to use a Cooler Master Seidon 120M liquid CPU cooler which should offer a decent compromise between acoustic and thermal performance.  The CPU in this system is a 4770K which has been boosted to 4.2 GHz with overclocking.  We are also impressed with Falcon’s choice of graphics card – the Asus Geforce GTX 770 Direct CU II which features a very good quality custom cooler.

All of the parts used in the system seem to be good quality, and each one carries a familiar brand name.  We were very impressed by Falcon's choice of memory, with two 16 GB sticks of 1866 MHz Corsair Vengeance memory being supplied.

Falcon has chosen to use a Samsung 840 Series 120 GB solid state drive for the OS, with a supplementary 1 TB Western Digital Blue Hard Drive for storage.

Even though the power supply doesn't have braided cables, it's a Cooler Master model so we're pretty confident in the quality.

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